Compiled from various Sources (CHIEFLY FROM BISHOP HAMILTON'S MANUAL) And arranged on the Liturgical principle BY EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN, D.D., D.C.L. DEAN OF NORWICH NEW EDITION RIVINGTONS WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON MDCCCLXXXVII PREFACE. 1. PRAYER, considered according Prayer of two kinds to the number of persons who individual engage in it, divides itself into two and social. kinds. It may be offered by one individual, apart from others. It may be offered by several persons in common. These two kinds of Prayer may be made distinct subjects of thought and practical advice. II. Counsels and Promises of Holy Scrip ture for Accordingly, we find in Holy Scripture distinct counsel given upon each of these duties, and a distinct pro- either kind mise annexed to the performance of of Prayer. each. Individual prayer,-that in which we represent to God the peculiar trials of which our own hearts are cognizant, and implore the graces corresponding to our peculiar needs,is to be offered in the greatest privacy our circumstances admit of. "Thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou |